Crystal Brandenburgh
@cbrandenburgh.bsky.social
Bitter feminist | CMU History PhD candidate researching interwar women’s politics | She/her 📚😈
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I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.
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This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This is what it used to look like inside the lobby area.
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Say it!
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Say it!
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world.
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are in an all-hands-on-deck moment for women across the world.
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
I spoke to the @nytimes.com about the strong forces trying to turn the clocks back and how we can all fight for women's rights and futures.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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this is fixable and the way you fix it is with public trials
“He said, ‘We’ll notify next of kin if she dies.’ And at that moment, I knew that I was no longer dealing with humans.” www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction
Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.
www.masslive.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
this is fixable and the way you fix it is with public trials
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In 2019, commercial hotels like the Marriott pledged not to work with ICE to detain immigrants.
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate
Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former position
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In 2019, commercial hotels like the Marriott pledged not to work with ICE to detain immigrants.
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Now, about 6 years later, reporting shows they are holding people pre-deportation.
Such important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social + @skirchy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."
- Abe Lincoln, 1859
- Abe Lincoln, 1859
August 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."
- Abe Lincoln, 1859
- Abe Lincoln, 1859
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This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
August 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
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Read This: "Victim’s Haunting Words Which Show Ghislaine Can Never Be Truly Free" www.thedailybeast.com//victims-hau...
Victim’s Haunting Words Show Maxwell Can Never Be Truly Free
Even if Ghislaine Maxwell pulls off a pardon, the words of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre will follow her always.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Read This: "Victim’s Haunting Words Which Show Ghislaine Can Never Be Truly Free" www.thedailybeast.com//victims-hau...
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Thank you to @pw4d.bsky.social for sharing this video: www.facebook.com/share/v/1FEQ...
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August 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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"After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence."
This is painful to read and it feels exactly right.
This is painful to read and it feels exactly right.
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence."
This is painful to read and it feels exactly right.
This is painful to read and it feels exactly right.
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Historian Friends! @shgape.bsky.social is holding a conference next June in that great GA/PE city, Chicago!
See link to CFP below!
See link to CFP below!
July 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Historian Friends! @shgape.bsky.social is holding a conference next June in that great GA/PE city, Chicago!
See link to CFP below!
See link to CFP below!
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The Writers Guild of America is calling for an investigation into Paramount after ending The Late Show.
Link: www.wga.org/news-events/...
Also, I love my friends who know I am deep into research and keep me up to date. It takes a village to write, research, and stay on top of this chaos
Link: www.wga.org/news-events/...
Also, I love my friends who know I am deep into research and keep me up to date. It takes a village to write, research, and stay on top of this chaos
July 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Writers Guild of America is calling for an investigation into Paramount after ending The Late Show.
Link: www.wga.org/news-events/...
Also, I love my friends who know I am deep into research and keep me up to date. It takes a village to write, research, and stay on top of this chaos
Link: www.wga.org/news-events/...
Also, I love my friends who know I am deep into research and keep me up to date. It takes a village to write, research, and stay on top of this chaos
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Timely insights & continued relevance: progressivism, reform struggles, the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, & political philosophy. On the Legacy of Fighting' Bob LaFollette's Progressive Vision by Nancy Unger #madebyhistory TIME Magazine @shgape.bsky.social 🗃️ time.com/7293419/robe...
The Legacy of Robert La Follette's Progressive Vision
Robert La Follette saw politics as a never-ending struggle for democracy and fairness and preached perseverance.
time.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Timely insights & continued relevance: progressivism, reform struggles, the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, & political philosophy. On the Legacy of Fighting' Bob LaFollette's Progressive Vision by Nancy Unger #madebyhistory TIME Magazine @shgape.bsky.social 🗃️ time.com/7293419/robe...
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HBO should fire Bill Maher and give his time slot to Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
HBO should fire Bill Maher and give his time slot to Stephen Colbert.
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
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Greetings! I'm on Blue Sky in advance of my new book, coming out with Cornell University Press in September. It's about an American entrepreneur who helped create & market luxury railroad cars before investing widely & wildly--the Pullman brother you've never heard of!
@cornellupress.bsky.social
@cornellupress.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Greetings! I'm on Blue Sky in advance of my new book, coming out with Cornell University Press in September. It's about an American entrepreneur who helped create & market luxury railroad cars before investing widely & wildly--the Pullman brother you've never heard of!
@cornellupress.bsky.social
@cornellupress.bsky.social
Highly recommend reading this article on the same day that Carnegie Mellon University is hosting an AI “summit” for President Trump and his broligarch minions. These feckless losers don’t want to improve higher ed or contribute to our civic well-being. Cozying up to them is not a winning strategy.
“They have betrayed the society that enriched them, and have put us at serious risk of authoritarianism, ethnic cleansing, lawlessness, and stagnation. They have betrayed the values that made that society great, values which they apparently only ever held superficially”
Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor
It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Highly recommend reading this article on the same day that Carnegie Mellon University is hosting an AI “summit” for President Trump and his broligarch minions. These feckless losers don’t want to improve higher ed or contribute to our civic well-being. Cozying up to them is not a winning strategy.